Men's Basketball Erases Second-Half Deficit, Falls Late To West Georgia In ASUN Tournament First Round

Wednesday, March 4

Jacksonville, Fla. / Swisher Gymnasium

7:30 PM

University of North Florida

7-25,5-13ASUN

No. 6 Seed West Georgia

15-16,8-10ASUN

North Florida

West Ga.

Men's Basketball Erases Second-Half Deficit, Falls Late To West Georgia In ASUN Tournament First Round

3/4/2026 9:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 11 seed North Florida Men's Basketball erased a second-half deficit against No. 6 seed West Georgia, but ultimately fell late, 93-85, in the 2026 ASUN Tournament First Round at Swisher Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

Trailing by as much as 23, North Florida cut the second-half margin to four on multiple occasions, the last at 89-85 with 15 seconds left.

Senior guard Kamrin Oriol notched a game-high 28 points on 8-17 from the field, in addition to four assists and three rebounds in 40 minutes. He finished the season with 10 or more points in 31 of 32 games and 20 or more points in 16 games.

Sophomore guard Kent Jackson turned in 19 points in 33 minutes. He notched 10 or more points in 24 games this season.

Graduate student guard/forward Dalton Gayman posted 12 points and redshirt sophomore guard/forward Mason Lee added 11 more points to round out the Ospreys in double figures.

Jackson scored the first five points for North Florida. North Florida trailed 17-10 at the initial media timeout in the first half. West Georgia led 27-17 at the under-12-minute media timeout.

North Florida went on a 5-0 run to close the deficit to 29-22 at the 9:42-minute mark of the first half.

The margin was cut to as close as six twice in the back portion of the first half at 34-28 with 6:03 minutes left before the break on a Jackson's third three. A 7-0 run by North Florida brought the margin back to six on a jumper from Oriol with 2:41 minutes left before the half. West Georgia led 48-35 at the half.

West Georgia opened its largest lead at 62-39 at the 15:46-minute mark of the second half.

Four Ospreys scored to propel an 8-0 run over 2:30 minutes of action to cut the deficit in the second half. North Florida closed the lead with a 7-0 run on a Jackson three to make to 69-59 at the 9:12-minute mark of the second half.

A finish from Lee cut it to 72-65 at the 5:09-minute mark in the second half. A jumper from Oriol kept the margin at seven, 79-72, with 2:27 minutes left in the second half.